Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton

Politician

Frederick James Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton CH, PC (23 August 1883 – 14 December 1964) was an English businessman and politician.

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Documents about Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton

Tuesday 19th March 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet approves development of standard men’s suit to save wool. Halifax warns against “depression” over policy failures
person Sumner Welles
person Harold Wilson
person Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
place New York, Lincolnshire
place Finland
place Halifax Peninsula
place Brussels
place Turkey
place Europe
place West Germany
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation Scapa
 

Thursday 4th April 1940

Meeting minutes

extract PM meets junior ministers. Offered Attlee coalition, again refused. Nazi war alliance would cause Mussolini's overthrow
person Samuel Hoare
person Kingsley Wood
person Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
person Paul Reynaud
place Lancaster, Lancashire
place Russian Empire
place Iraq
place Turkey
place Iran
organisation Labour Party (UK)
 

Tuesday 6th August 1940

Meeting minutes

extract UK diplomats recommend withdrawal of N. China garrisons. PM: Troops can reinforce Singapore, "might help our prestige"
extract Aircraft Production Minister: "Very anxious" to avoid any suspicion that Government "encouraging the holiday spirit"
extract Cabinet agrees relaxation of holiday rules to avoid "serious" effects on production. No announcement to be made
extract Minister of Labour proposes confiscating any wages of conscientious objectors higher than a private soldier's income
extract Cabinet approves seizure of Baltic shipping. Halifax: Will cause "trouble with Moscow" but necessary "as a pledge"
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
person Kingsley Wood
person Clement Attlee
person Andrew Duncan
person Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
place South Africa
place Singapore
place North China
place Tokyo
place Republic of China
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
 

Meeting minutes

extract PM: President Roosevelt hopes to begin supplying destroyers this week (up to 50) with additional rifles, aircraft, ships
extract Information Minister to address false press reports RAF has bombed 5 divisions of troops in France massing for invasion
extract Cabinet approves violating Swiss airspace in raids on N. Italy. Air Secretary: Necessary "to attack certain targets"
extract General Haining: Evacuation of our forces in British Somaliland complete with little loss. HMAS Hobart remaining in area
extract Cabinet express concern at ground losses of RAF aircraft, 40 destroyed at one aerodrome. Air Secretary to order inquiry
extract RAF report casualties today 22 machines lost (12 pilots saved). Enemy 126 confirmed, 26 probable and 13 downed by AA fire
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Walter Hines Page
person Kingsley Wood
person Bob Kerslake
person Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
person Clement Attlee
person Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
place Somaliland
place Moscow
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
organisation New Zealand Treasury
 

Thursday 12th September 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Minister of Labour warns of danger of demonstrations against London's "want of evident defence" if AA barrage not kept up
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Ernest Bevin
person Ernest Brown
person Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
person John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
organisation Home Office
 

Wednesday 13th November 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Eden briefs junior ministers on Egypt trip. Germans might find desert "a very different thing" from their usual fighting
person Anthony Eden
person Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos
person Hugh Dalton
person Ernest Brown
person Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
person Farouk of Egypt
place Greece
place Egypt
place Sudan
place Kenya
place Cyprus
place Syria
 

Thursday 2nd January 1941

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet approves Chancellor's plan of economic action against Eire. Irish food imports and shipping to be disrupted
extract American Naval Attaché in London to be informed of defects in US supplied Destroyers. President not to be told directly
extract President expects financial aid bill for UK to be passed around February 15th. Possible to meet our payments until then
extract President Roosevelt proposes sending Red Cross food aid to France and Spain. PM: Not politically possible to oppose this
extract General Heywood reports "very rigorous conditions" on Greek Front causing frostbite but Greek forces "in very good heart"
extract Air Chief: Last night's attack on Bremen appears "from preliminary reports to have been highly successful"
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Herbert Morrison
person Ernest Bevin
person Clement Attlee
person John Dill
person Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
place South Africa
place Greece
place Cranborne
place Gibraltar
place Washington
organisation Home Office
organisation International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement